International: Battle of the Martyrs

A Communist cop walked up to the border dividing Berlin, glanced
uneasily to left & right, and quickly unbuttoned his overcoat. To a
West Berlin patrolman standing guard, the Communist whispered: "For
your dead one," and handed over a wreath. Then he disappeared.

The dead one was Herbert Bauer, 26, the West Berlin policeman murdered
on Christmas morning by three Red army soldiers (TIME, Jan. 5). He was
buried last week at a state funeral attended by 200,000 angry West
Berliners. An honor guard of 250 riot squadders snapped to attention as
Bauer's cortege rolled into the square in front of West...